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Greaves and Wharton thwart the Whitewash!

After a tense finish on Harpenden Common the Firsts edged a draw to prevent this season being a total whitewash. This was in no small measure due to some excellent individual performances, notably by Tom Greaves and Ed Wharton. A familiar pattern seemed to be emerging when, on a superb batting track, James Latham and 16-year-old Danyaal Khaliid built a chanceless 235-run partnership for Harpenden's second wicket. When Khalid slapped Wharton in his second spell to Greaves at silly mid-wicket for 84 a total beyond 300 appeared inevitable. However, Wharton curtailed Harpenden's ambitions with a typically aggressive spell, exerting bounce out of the placid wicket to finish with 6 for 72 in a total of 271 for 6 declared after 52 overs. This included three wickets in his final over as well as the scalp of Latham for a magnificent 147. Reed replied in customary fashion losing two quick wickets, but Rob Lankester and Greaves repeated their stand earlier in the season against their hosts, putting on 91 invaluable runs. When Lankester was out L.B.W. for a patient 51, Greaves and Wharton took over in more characteristic Reed style, smashing another 68 runs in just 10 overs leaving Harpenden beginning to rue their early declaration. However, with Wharton's departure for 29 Reed's vicissitudes started to show. Earlier Sunil Patil had been drafted into the team to keep Wicket after the late withdrawal of Sean Tidey and Michael Juckes had bravely stepped up for his first team debut as Sam Osborne, last week's top scorer, was suffering from back spasms. Worse was to follow when Patil badly jarred his shoulder when keeping. As a result, the lower order looked particularly vulnerable. Greaves did his best to [...]

By |2021-08-03T17:50:35+01:00August 1st, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Greaves and Wharton thwart the Whitewash!
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Summer Frustration continues for developing U13s

In the second of four summer league matches, a developing Reed team travelled to St. Margaretsbury, who fielded a team strengthened by their district and county players. Reed won the toss and elected to bowl. SM started strongly, with boundaries in the first 2 overs, but Daniel Vincent took a liking to the Zinger stumps - sending the flashing bails flying on three occasions, finishing on 3-0-3-10. Callum Ricketts supporting with 0-11 off his first 2 overs (ending with 3-0-0-18) Gethin Hill followed with a wicket off his first ball, ending with 2-0-1-8. Eddie Cook trapping the SM batsman LBW for 0, ending 2-0-1-10.... At this point, Reed were on top, with SM on 54 for 5 off 9 overs, but the SM middle order proved resilient against the developing Reed bowlers. With Reed deciding to share the bowling among every player, SM took advantage - scoring strongly in the middle overs and putting on a 50+ partnership before Aaron Nash took the 6th wicket caught and bowled. Two superb run-outs curbed the run rate, with SM finishing on 126. A tough target with several of Reed's stronger batsmen missing from the line-up. The opening pairing of Eddie Cook and Callum Ricketts were subjected to the county-representative opening bowlers, Eddie mis-judged a ball when it kept low after 4 successive bouncers in the first over - departing without troubling the scorer.... Young Sam Dawson arrived at the crease. Up until now, Sam had faced a maximum of 13 balls in an innings and had a top score of 3 runs. Callum and Sam dug in... And while the run rate stuttered, the sight of Sam truly enjoying himself in the middle put a smile on [...]

By |2021-07-28T06:40:32+01:00July 27th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Summer Frustration continues for developing U13s
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Another Hoddie nailbiter

15-year-old Sam Osborne starred as Reed Firsts slipped agonisingly to defeat against Hoddesdon yet again. After losing the 50-over league match earlier this season by two wickets, Reed repeated the result in the 60-over "timed" format. However, there were times during the game when a much bigger defeat seemed likely. In customary fashion this year, Reed lost three quick wickets, but the innings was steadied by a 62 run partnership between captain Tom Greaves and youngster Sam Osborne. Greaves started patiently soaking up the pressure from the opening seam attack and Osborne followed his example. When the spinners came on for their 39 over marathon, Greaves cut loose making 43 runs before he was adjudged LBW. Osborne remained calm while others perished and at 114 for 8 a paltry score seemed on the cards. At this point he opened up and was last man out for a flawless 58 with one over to spare and 166 on the board. Despite Ed Wharton bowling skipper Rob Walters, Hoddie looked like they would walk the game at 78-1, but the introduction of spinner Kapil Dave made the breakthrough with the help of a sensational catch by Max Sanderson off a steepling skyer at midwicket. Further catches removed the rest of the top order, Dave finishing with 3-46. Greaves (2-45) then chipped-in with a couple of dismissals and when Wharton took two wickets in his returning over Hoddesdon's nerves started to show. Monger, however, guided them home to the disappointment of the Reed faithful. Wharton ended with 3-36 from his 14 overs. Another frustrating result, but an enjoyable, keenly fought game with Reed taking a meagre 6 points from such a closely fought contest. Match report submitted by [...]

By |2021-07-28T06:36:48+01:00July 25th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Another Hoddie nailbiter
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Catt and Hughes purrfect in Second Team Thriller

Reed Seconds travelled to Bayford and Hertford on Saturday for their Division 3B Herts. League Match. Winning the toss on a damp, cloudy and humid day, skipper Ed Garrott had no hesitation in putting the hosts into bat. His decision proved to be a good one as the opening bowling attack of Julien Fynn (10-4-13-1) and Owen Hughes (9-2-36-3) extracted bounce and movement in the conditions plus some good ground fielding had reduced Bayford to 19 for 3. Cavener (44) and Bruggemann (34) led a revival as fifty-partnerships were made for the next two wickets. Rupert Martin (8-0-38-1) and Anirudh Sudharshan (10-0-45-2) got amongst the wickets in the middle overs but some useful late runs took Bayford to 191 for 7 in their 50 overs. In reply Phil Frenay and Richard Barlow found the drying pitch more to their liking, Frenay in particular playing shots on both sides of the wicket. He'd taken his score to 42 before he became the first of two wickets for Cavener. Barlow and Kallum Ward soon followed and Reed were wobbling at 67 for 3. Skipper Ed Garrott joined Mike Catt and whilst Catt was happy to play second fiddle, Garrott proceeded to dispatch any loose deliveries with a quick fire 23 off just 22 balls. Then Mike Robertson continued much in the same vain with 30 in 19 balls. However, his wicket left Reed at 136 for 5 in 33 overs. The B&H bowlers tightened the screw and wickets began to fall as the run rate increased. All the while Catt was biding his time, at 160 for 8 with 7 overs left, Owen Hughes came to join Catt at the crease. Both took their chances and had [...]

By |2021-07-28T06:32:23+01:00July 25th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Catt and Hughes purrfect in Second Team Thriller
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Reed U13s suffer in the Summer heat

In the first of the Summer League matches, Reed hosted Bishops Stortford 2 in the blazing summer sun. A world apart from the start of the season, where rain threatened every match... however, the BS2 team proved as strong as ever. Reed won the toss and elected to bat, a decision largely based on the soaring temperatures. BS bowled with their usual accuracy, with opener Daniel Vincent unable to get the ball away, taking an unprecedented 11 balls to score his first run. With Lewis Abdul-Karim supporting at the other end, Reed eventually developed a partnership, with 20 runs off the first 4 overs until Lewis fell in the 6th. Tom Green joined Daniel.... but not for long, scoring a quick-fire 8 before falling in the 7th over. The match had developed into one of attrition. With runs hard to score off the bat, extras were becoming the leading scorer. Reed had (at last) learned to run byes at every opportunity. Charlie Cannon joined Daniel but retired hurt (temporarily) after being struck by a fierce delivery. Eventually returning later in the match to amass 7 runs. With the most experienced pairing of Callum Ricketts and Daniel Vincent at the crease, there was hope that the run rate would accelerate, but the BS bowling was relentless and runs were at a premium. When the opening bowlers returned, Reed had scored 36 for 2 off the first 9 overs. Callum fell on 2, quickly followed by Daniel for 7. Reed were 42-4. Youngsters Aaron Nash and Josh Heslam managed to inject some urgency into the innings, but the wickets kept falling. Aaron Nash (5), Charlie Cannon (7). When Josh fell for 11 runs in the 16th over [...]

By |2021-07-23T18:59:24+01:00July 23rd, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Reed U13s suffer in the Summer heat
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Sampson too hot to handle for Hemel Seconds!!

Reed Second XI entertained their opposite numbers from Hemel Hempstead on a glorious day at The Green. Electing to bat first after winning the toss, Reed lost Richard Johnson early for just 4. It brought Matt Sampson to the crease and he and Paul Garrott set about building an innings defining partnership. Garrott played the anchor role, whilst Sampson assumed the role of playmaker. Punishing anything lose the partnership raced to 124 with Sampson passing his 50 also. After Garrott fell for an obstinate 21, in came Kallum Ward and he continued the Reed onslaught with Sampson. Sampson reached a deserved century off just 121 balls, before being run out for 104 when bowler Wheeler deflected the ball onto the stumps off a Ward strike with him out of his ground backing up. Michael Robertson joined Ward and they took the score to 245 before Ward fell for 48 off 39 balls. Robertson soon followed for 39 off 26 balls. Despite some late wickets for the Hemel bowlers, Reed ended their 50 overs on an imposing 282 for 8. Reed's opening bowling attack of Jullien Fynn (9-1-31-1) and Owen Hughes (5-0-21-1 ) gave the home side the perfect start leaving Hemel at 13 for 2. Morgan and A Hopkins set about rebuilding the innings but they soon fell behind the required run rate. After a 97 run partnership, the wickets soon began to tumble, Anirudh Sudharshan (10-3-31-2) bowled with zip and accuracy and skipper Matt Bowles (9.5-0-43-3) bowled with his usual guile. 14-year-old Charlie Walters (3-1-11-1) took a wicket with his first ball, one of two catches for man of the match Sampson. Not even a last wicket stand of 37 could prevent the inevitable [...]

By |2021-07-22T07:45:50+01:00July 19th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Sampson too hot to handle for Hemel Seconds!!
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Firsts stumble at Totteridge

Fielding a side weakened by absence, injury and isolation, Reed could muster just half a dozen regular first team players. Nevertheless, they battled hard in the heat to earn some bowling points. When skipper Tom Greaves lost the toss for the sixth time in a row, he must have been relieved to hear the home captain decide to bat for a change. This meant his attack could have a sustained period of bowling against a classy set of batsmen. Former Northants batsman, Ben Howgego, (69) and captain Jed Miles (30) established an opening partnership of 80 with some cultured stroke play. Thus it fell to the spin duo of Greaves and Kapil Dave in a 40-over marathon stint to contain the top order to the tune of 134 for 4. However Eoin Morgan's friend, Sean O'Brien (75) and youngster Charles Plummer (47) compiled a century stand, although they survived four sharp chances close to the bat. Dave finished with figures of 3 for 93 and Greaves took 1-74 from their 20 overs apiece. Matt Giblin (1-42) and Toby Fynn (2-25) plus a run-out picked up valuable bowling points at the end to leave Totteridge on 254 for 8. Reed started their reply brightly with Rob Lankester (30) and Will Heslam (19, striking four boundaries), but the introduction of the deadly Iresh Saxena, who took 2 for 4 in his 10 overs earlier in the season spelt the beginning of a slide. His mesmeric spin accounted for three scalps this time and in tandem with Sean O'Brien the innings threatened to subside before reaching three figures once more. Some bold hitting by the tail took the score to 129 however, with Dave 15 not out and [...]

By |2021-07-18T05:28:33+01:00July 18th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Firsts stumble at Totteridge
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The National Village Cup “comes home”

In recognition of Reed CC winning the National Village Cricket Championship, (to give it it's original title), in 2012, 2017 and 2019, Club President, Andrew Emms, presented Tom Greaves a smaller-scale replica of the National Village Cup during last weekend's Chairman's Match. Once re-opened, the Cup will be on display in the Howard Marshall Pavilion soon.

By |2021-08-13T07:29:54+01:00July 17th, 2021|Categories: 2021, Historic Documents, News, Social|Tags: |Comments Off on The National Village Cup “comes home”
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Firsts face their punishment at the Bar

The Firsts continued their disappointing run with an 8 wicket defeat by high flying Potters Bar. Put in on a difficult, slow wicket, only Richard Wharton (23) managed to tame the Bar's opening attack. Mehta (2-39) and Duke (3-28) tore through Reed's top order so that at 49-5 an embarrassing score seemed on the cards. However, late call up, Stuart Smith (16 not out) dropped anchor while Ed Wharton played his usual swashbuckling innings for 35 runs. Between them they doubled the score. When Chapman turned the ball square though, he ran through the tail in just 5 overs, taking 5 for 9 to leave Reed 120 all out. It took Potters Bar just 27 overs to reach their target for the loss of 2 wickets, but this does not reflect the excellence of Ed Wharton's spell (14-1-46-1). He bowled unchanged, beat the bat time after time with no luck and deserved more wickets: a man of the match performance. Match report submitted by Peter Wholley.

By |2021-07-11T06:32:13+01:00July 11th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Results, Match Reports|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Firsts face their punishment at the Bar
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U13s season ends in damp squib

Reed hosted Bishop's Stortford in the last match of the Herts Junior League season knowing that only victory would secure 3rd spot in the Division. BS won the toss, put Reed into bat and were immediately rewarded when Charlie Cannon lofted the first ball to the fielder at mid-off. BS rotated the bowling among all their players, and some impressive seam bowling kept Reed struggling for runs. Having learned lessons from early in the season Reed stole singles from every opportunity. Eddie Cook was given LBW in the 5th over (3). Tom Green joined Daniel Vincent at the crease, immediately upping the urgency. Tom and Daniel put on 28 runs before Daniel fell on 20, attempting his 4th successive slog into cow corner - finding the fielder instead of the boundary. Tom was caught behind in the next over for 7. With two new batsmen at the crease (Callum Ricketts and Aaron Nash) the bowling rotation returned to the openers and a quick ball took Callum's middle stump. Callum departed on 1 and Aaron was left to hold the fort with several inexperienced players left in the pavilion. Aaron found form at just the right time; batting sensibly and seeing off the seamers, before attacking... sending two loose deliveries to the boundary. One attacking shot too many saw his middle stump dislodged. A visibly nervous Tash McNamara performed admirably, scoring 4. Oliver Tallis rejoiced avoiding a golden duck, and celebrated every one of his 5 balls - Especially the quick-run 2, and even his slog to the fielder... The right shot choice, just not the execution it required. Stanley Johnson scored a stoic 1 Not Out. Charlie Ward the last man out without troubling the [...]

By |2021-07-10T05:37:42+01:00July 10th, 2021|Categories: 2021, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on U13s season ends in damp squib
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